Florida Statute 256.15 | Lawyer Caselaw & Research

The 2024 Florida Statutes

Title XVIII
PUBLIC LANDS AND PROPERTY

Chapter 256
FLAGS

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F.S. 256.15

256.15 Firefighter Memorial Flag.—The Division of State Fire Marshal of the Department of Financial Services shall design, produce, and implement the creation and distribution of an official state Firefighter Memorial Flag to honor firefighters who have died in the line of duty.

(1) The flag may be displayed at memorial or funeral services of firefighters who have died in the line of duty, at firefighter memorials, at fire stations, at the Fallen Firefighter Memorial located at the Florida State Fire College in Ocala, by the families of fallen firefighters, and at any other location designated by the State Fire Marshal.

(2) The flag shall have a blue background, with a black horizontal stripe across the middle of the flag and a horizontal purple stripe above and below the black stripe. It shall also contain a red Maltese Cross or Cross of St. Florian in the center of the flag surrounding the Great Seal of the State of Florida, and the phrase “Florida Fallen Firefighters” in gold capital letters shall be placed at the top of the flag and the phrase “Memorial Flag” shall be placed at the bottom of the flag. Each arm of the cross shall contain one of the words “Courage,” “Honor,” “Sacrifice,” and “Valor.”

(3) The Department of Financial Services may adopt rules relating to the production and distribution of the flag.

History.—s. 1, ch. 2009-52.

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Arrestable Offenses / Crimes under Fla. Stat. 256.15

Level: Degree
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Cases Citing Statute 256.15

Total Results: 3

City of Tampa v. Redner

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 2003-03-28

Citation: 852 So. 2d 270, 2003 Fla. App. LEXIS 4103, 2003 WL 1566599

Snippet: the trial court that awards Joseph R. Redner $493,256.15 in damages for the wrongful temporary taking of

Pinebrook v. Pinebrook

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1976-03-26

Citation: 329 So. 2d 343

Snippet: Chambers), app. dism'd. 382 U.S. 110, 86 S.Ct. 256, 15 L.Ed.2d 192 (1965), and, although the divorce cases

S & S Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Hirschfield

Court: District Court of Appeal of Florida | Date Filed: 1969-09-30

Citation: 226 So. 2d 874, 1969 Fla. App. LEXIS 5389

Snippet: Realty Co. v. Henderson, 92 Fla. 689, 110 So. 256; 15 Fla.Jur., Frauds, Statute of, § 10. The other points